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Aug
09

Fun Things to Do When Not at Work

While I was out the electricity managed to trip the switch and when I returned home I thought I’d been cut off, therefore;

1. Call npower because “if we do not hear from you within the next 14 days we may take steps to disconnect your energy supply for safety reasons.” [Am now bessie friends with all my utility buddies.]

2. Pay water bill and ask to pay monthly, get housies to set-up a Direct Debit when they get here.

3. Have words with my bank about them trying to charge me £30 in fees.  Write a letter in the style of Rebecca Bloomwood if necessary.

4. Activate my new sim card with Vodafone and get them to send me the bill breakdown that they promised.

5. Read all the paperwork about the protection on my new bank card and figure out what I’m doing with that. [Cancel it and save £6 a month.]

6. Fill out the voter registration form for the house.

7. Change my address with the following people;

  • Work
  • The council (need to sort out my council tax payments)
  • The National Blood Service (think it’s probably time to give again)
  • My insurance people
  • My building society
  • Doctors
  • Opticians (very tempted to trial some contact lenses)
  • National Savings and Investments (maybe even pick up some bonds along the way)
  • Amnesty International (think they might still be sending stuff to an address I had three years ago, also I need to set up a Direct Debit on my new account)

8. Replace my stolen Nectar card (I miss that thing).

9. Pay off student loan over calculation repayment.

10. Pay off dad.

11. Invest in driving lessons.

12. Look into getting my NCTJs (apparently only £386).

13. See if I can transfer credits from Staffs Uni to Open University and how much an English Literature degree costs.

14. Will add more fun-sucking activities as and when I think of them, should probably speak to someone about ISAs.

15. Replace passport, apparently I need a new passport form and a LS01. [Maybe if the Post Office even stocked them, just do it online instead.]

16. Get a student associate card and a young person’s railcard.

17. Fill out another voter registration form for the house because the council are incompetent (and obviously didn’t read number 6 on this list).

18. Pay the gas bill.


2 Responses to “Fun Things to Do When Not at Work”


  1. 1 Sai Sep 1st, 2009 at 10:59 am

    ISAs are fun :-) Also, Rob sent my deposit back to my parents’ house in the form of a cheque…I assume you’ll have yours back with your parents too. At least you’ll have something to put in your ISA :-)

  2. 2 Scribbleboy Sep 1st, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    I think Rob’s carried my deposit over to this house, if not that was rather foolish of him and, yes, I will be investing it.

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